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Fawehinmi, Balarabe, Others laid Foundation for Democracy Says Kaduna gov

POSTED ON May 13, 2024 •   Politics      BY Benedicta Bassey
The Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani/ Photo credit: Punchng.com


The Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, said the enthronement of the nation’s fledgling democracy was made by the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Beko Ransome-Kuti, Alhaji Balarabe Musa and a host of others, past and present.

The governor stated this on Sunday at the 86th Gani Fawehinmi posthumous birthday celebration and immortalisation of Balarabe Musa and held at the Umar Musa Yardua Hall, Kaduna.

The governor, therefore, called  on  pro-democracy activists, as the conscience of the Nigerian society, to defend democracy because “we made this democracy possible.”

While also extolling the virtues of Fawehinmi, Beko Ransome-Kuti and Balarabe Musa, Sani said the trio devoted their lives to the struggle for social justice for Nigeria and Nigerians.

“Chief Gani Fawehinmi used the instrumentality of the law to fight for social justice, while Alhaji Balarabe Musa deployed his mobilisational skills to rally the masses to take their destiny into their own hands,” he said.

Sani said he honed his political skills in the “furnace” of the struggle for the enthronement of democracy.”

“The Kaduna State government is implementing a massive rural transformation programme. We have identified poverty reduction in rural areas as key to unlocking the enormous potential of Kaduna State. We have, therefore, committed ourselves to promoting integrated and comprehensive accelerated rural development for economic and sustainable growth. This is being achieved by extending the required socio-economic infrastructure that will support work and social lives in our rural communities,” Sani said.

Earlier in his remarks, the Chairman of the Gani Fewehinmi Memorial Organisation, Agunbiade Tunde, said the organisation, founded over 13 years ago, stands to honour Fawehinmi who stood for the rule of law, democracy, human rights and press freedom.

 

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